Long-term effects of widowhood after terminal cancer: A Swedish nationwide follow-up

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-36

  Valdimarsdóttir, Unnur ^a   Helgason, Ásgeir R ^b   Steineck, Gunnar ^b   Fürst, Carl Johan ^c   Adolfsson, Jan ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

^c Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adaptation; chronic; death; illness; morbidity; psychological; widowhood

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATISFACTION; SLEEP DISORDER; SWEDEN; TIME; WIDOW; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOLLOW UP; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPOUSE; TERMINAL DISEASE; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; TIME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 0038724324     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940210165109     Document Type: Article

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